Only diamond ear rings the size of my eyeballs would get me more excited.

Alabama has rabid fans everywhere. And no one, nowhere, nohow, can out cheer the Japanese. One of my friends from home (Thanks MP!) posted this to my Facebook page.

Let me set the stage.

The video starts with video of the crowd at an unknown sporting event. Everyone is using something with which to make a sound which will drown out the one their neighbor is making. Kazoos, bamboozles, pom pa dom toodles, and a tom tom or two are blasted at a high decibel level as the crowd cheers- or harasses- their favorite team.

Then, at 1:02, the band breaks in to a rousing rendition of the Alabama fight song. It made me want to run through the crowd in my Alabama cheer leading outfit high fiving and fist bumping. (I can`t lie- My cheer leading outfit in college consisted mainly of outfitting myself with cigarettes and a hot bourbon and coke. I guess that`s why I so enjoy a Japanese baseball game- the liquor and food are free-flowing. But that`s a story for later)

Emily, I took a look at your blog for the first time tonight, and I must say I’m loving it! Quite impressed. But unfortunately, I can’t love the post above. You know, having a daughter at Notre Dame and paying all that college tuition, I’m going to have to “Cheer, cheer for Old Notre Dame, Wake up the echoes cheering her name….” You can imagine the rest.

Awesome Emily! I’m sending this video to a friend who is a huge Bama fan. They’ll roll right over ND.
You know, I went to FSU so I’m familiar with many of the proud Southern football traditions you mentioned above. PS – I’d love to see these fans doing the tomahawk chop!